Father's Day cards make subjects the targets of jokes

There's a good chance if you receive - or give - a Father's Day card this weekend, Dad will be portrayed as a flatulent, beer-obsessed, tool-challenged buffoon who would rather hog the remote, go fishing or play golf than be with the kids.

That's what the greeting card industry thinks of dads. And apparently kids do, too, since so-called funny cards - obviously a subjective term - are the top sellers when it comes to honoring fathers.

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